Pedal attachment for organs



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J. SWANSON.

PEDAL ATTACHMENT FOR ORGANS.

No. 311,688. Patented Feb. 3, 1885.

WITNESSES 8 i 47% ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES JOHN STVANSON, OF

PATENT QEEICE.

MENDOTA, ILLINOIS.

PEDAL ATTACHMENT FOR ORGANS;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,688, dated February 3, 1885.

Application tiled February 2, 1384.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. JOHN SWANSON, of Mendota,county of La Salle, Illinois,haveinvented a new and Improved Pedal Attachment for Cottage-Organs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved attachment to the pedals oi cottage-organs for the purpose of reducing the power required to operate the organ, and to enable children to operate the pedals.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a front view of a cottage-organ provided with my improved pedal attachment, and Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, parts being broken out and others shown in section on the line 09 00, Fig. 1.

The organ-casing A is provided with the usual pedal-levers, B, pivoted to the front of the base of the casing, and drawn upward at their free inner ends by springs 0. Above each pedal-lever B a U-shaped frame, D, is hinged on a block, D, secured to the front D of the organ-ease, and in the outer or swinging end of each frame D a foot-plate, E, is pivoted, which is preferably covered with plush, 1eather,or other suitable material. U shaped or other connecting-rods G are held at their upper ends in the shanks of the U-shaped frames D, short distances from the swinging ends of the shanks, and the lower ends of the rods G are held on the pedal-levers B by passing thebottom cross-piece of the said bent rods G under the projecting parts of the hook-clips M, secured on the upper surface of the pedal- ]evers, near the upper ends of the same, the hooks of the said clips projecting downward. The peda1-levers can be operated in the usual (No model.)

manner, or they can be operated by pressing down the outer ends of the levers or frames D by pressing on the foot-plates E, whereby the connecting-rods Gand the pedal-levers will be pressed downward. Less power is required to operate the pedal-levers by means of the levers or frames D than in the usual manner, and children or persons with short legs are enabled to operate the pedal-levers conveniently. hen the additional pedals are to be used, the frames 1) are swung down, and the bottom cross-pieces of the bent rods G are passed under thehoolr-clip M, as shown in the right-hand side of Fig. 1 and in Fig. 2. If it is not desired to use the additional pedals, the frame D and the bent rods G are swung up against the front D' of the organ-casing.

In place of the foot-plates E rollers can be used.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In an organ, the combination, with the pedal-levers, of the U-shaped frames D, pivoted to the case-front over the pedal-levers, and connecting-rods pivoted in the outer ends of the frames D, and constructed to rest on the pedal-levers, substantially as set forth.

2. In an organ, the combination of the frames D, pivoted to the organ-front over the pedals, pivoted foot-plates E in said frames, and pivoted connecting-rods G, with the pedals B, having the clips M thereon, substantially as set forth.

3. As an improved article of manufacture, an auxiliary organ-pedal consisting of the bracket D, frame I), pivoted thereto, footplate E, pivoted in the outer end of frame D, and the connecting-bars G, pivoted to the said frame, substantially as shown and described.

JOHN S\VANSON.

\Vitnesses:

AUSTIN SMITH, FRANK L. SMITH. 

